Not guilty 無罪
Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned form abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.
'No', I answered confidently.
'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?'
'Not at all,' I answered.
The Officer went through the case with great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.
'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'
'But it isn't perfume,' I said. 'It's hair gel.' Then I added with a smile, 'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'
As I expected, he did not believe me.
'Try it!' I said encouragingly.
The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage.
10. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess.
所有細心包裝好的東西一會兒工夫就亂成一團。
語言點:句子結構分析:本句中的all the things為先行詞,其后的定語從句必須由that引導,即(that)I had packed so carefully;不用which,that可以省去。In a dreadful mess的意思是“亂成一團”,是固定搭配。
11. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again.
我相信那箱子再也關不上了。
語言點:句子結構分析:sure后面的賓語從句省略了引導詞that。
12. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up.
忽然,我看到官員臉上露出了自得的神色。
語言點1:句子結構分析:see為感官動詞,后面一般接不帶to的動詞不定式,比如這句話的結構就是see sth.light up。
語言點2:light up常指“得意洋洋”,在此句中作face的賓語補足語。